Yolo-Colusa-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Black, James J. 1857 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

JAMES J. BLACK, a farmer at the town of Black's, Yolo County, is a son of Thomas
G. and Margaret (Morrison) Black, the father a native of Georgia, and the mother
of Illinois. His father, born in 1809, became one of the early gold hunters of
California in 1849, returned East in 1851 and came to the Golden State in 1852,
bringing with him his family and locating in Sacramento County, where he lived
until 1856; he then came to Yolo County and settled where the town of Black is
now situated. In 1866 he moved to Colusa County, and died there August 1, 1868.

  Mr. James J. Black was born December 22, 1857, in Scott County, Illinois, and
was with his parents until they settled in the place where Black's now stands.
Then, May 1, 1869,he married Miss Margaret Tennis, a native of Illinois, and
shortly afterward purchased 160 acres of land, in the center of which Black's is
now located; from him the town is named. He was engaged in mercantile business
from 1885 to 1887, when he sold out. He is now keeping a warehouse. He has been
a dealer in grain ever since the town was started in 1875. He is a member of the
orders of Chosen Friends and Odd Fellows at Galesburg, Illinois. His children
are: William B., born September 21, 1865; Clarence O., October 17, 1870; James
L., November 13, 1885; and Ida J., February 3, 1887.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.



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